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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Blog Tour - Saving Steele by Anne Jolin

What happens when circumstances of life threaten the one thing both Jackson and Kennedy love? Saving Steele from himself may prove to be too much for Cross to bear.

THE ROCK FALLS SERIES IS BACK!! The 5th installment, SAVING STEELE, is now available for purchase!

SAVING STEELE by Anne Jolin

Rock Falls Series #5

Genre: Contemporary Romance

- SYNOPSIS -

Kennedy Cross had her heart broken early in life. It wasn't someone or something who betrayed her—it was her own body. Despite it being all she’s ever wanted, Kennedy will never know what it feels like to feel her baby’s feet kick from the inside out. Having been pronounced infertile at only eighteen, she redirected her life the best way she could.

Eight years and a degree later, Kennedy is one of the most well-loved first-grade teachers at Rock Falls Elementary School. It doesn’t matter that her college boyfriend left her because he wanted children of his own. She has twenty-two of the most gorgeous six-year-olds who adore her and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Jackson Steele deals only in extremes. He falls victim to manic episodes lasting for days, sometimes weeks at a time, sending him reeling from volatile highs to devastating lows. It’s a living hell just being inside his own mind, and that hell has taken everything he’s ever loved away from him. But what if, this time, it gives him something? An untimely gift from God and a brunette with legs eight miles long will bring him the most unforeseen joy but also his most challenging of tests.

What happens when circumstances of life threaten the one thing both Jackson and Kennedy love? Saving Steele from himself may prove to be too much for Cross to bear.

Nikki's 5 Star Review
Oh my goodness what a brilliant read this book was, it was heartbreaking, funny and romantic.
It's my first book from Anne Jolin and yes I realise this is book 5 in The Rock Falls Series but it can be read as a standalone. What I will say however that I will now definitely be buying and reading books 1-4 in this series.

Jackson Steele and Kennedy Cross are a pair of lost souls each dealing with their personal demons in different ways but when they are brought together thanks to an adorable 6 year old little boy they begin to help heal each other as they forge to become the family they all so desperately want.

I loved that this book is told in multiple pov it really helps you get an insight into these great characters and also that we get to hear from Ryker too.

So
that brings me to now, turning off my ignition and willing my body to move from
the safety of my driver’s seat and up to his front door.

It’s
okay though. I’ve come prepared. I’d written a list of things not to do when I
arrived at the house on a yellow Post-it note.

1. Don’t hyperventilate

2. Don’t sweat

3. Don’t touch him

4. Don’t say the word “penis” or any of
its synonyms or any parts of the male anatomy in general

5. Don’t drool

Putting
force behind the fist I’d raised to knock on the door I immediately begin to
fall forward as the offending panel of wood swings inward and I face plant
directly into a hard male chest.

Rats! There goes rule number three and
quickly too.

Mmm. But he sure smells nice.

“Easy,
babe,” his voice is a deep manly chuckle, large hands settling on my waist.

I
feel that “babe,” that chuckle and that contact in all the right places, even a
tingle or two in some wrong ones if I’m being honest.

Considering
I’m relatively close to the brink of insanity this morning, it isn’t all that
surprising that in that second, instead of pulling away, I take the opportunity
to tilt my head back and look at him, really look at him, for the second time
since we’d met.

I was born and raised in Ladner, a small farm town just
outside Vancouver, Canada. I grew up riding horses, shooting guns, and driving
in trucks.

I never expected to be an author. A massage therapist? Yes.
Take over the family construction company? Yes. But an author? No. Writing was
something that snuck up on me and rooted itself into my life. It was beautiful
to discover that love, and I’m truly grateful to say I’ve found my
passion.

Since I’ve always been a creative person, it feels amazing
to harness all of that energy and use it to tell a story I love. I enjoy
incorporating bits of my real life into the stories I write. What parts are
true? Hah. I’ll never tell—what would be the fun in that?

If I could leave y’all with one thing, it’s that life’s far
too short to not live it out loud. Drown in your passions, hold on tight to the
things that inspire you, and chase your dreams relentlessly. I can promise you
without a doubt that you won’t regret it. I know I don’t.